Blog Posts tagged ‘iowa environment’

State lawmakers plan a series of meetings to hear Iowans’ comments on environmental issues.
Here’s the full release:
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate use
State Rep. Chuck Isenhart (D-Dubuque) has set a public field hearing on Iowa’s natural resource priorities for Wednesday, January 9, 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center, Mines ...

The nonprofit Iowa Environmental Council hopes to pick a new executive director by Sept. 1 after Marian Riggs Gelb resigned last week following a health scare.
Gelb learned she had lymphoma shortly after taking the top staff position at the coalition of environmental groups five years ago.
A scan in March at ...

A new analysis by the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council shows that the Midwest, including Iowa, is facing higher risks of flood and more heat in an era of climate change.
The NRDC loaded a new set of maps here that show health threats the environmental group expects to accompany rising ...

A $150 million-a-year campaign to improve Iowa’s environment and outdoor recreational offerings, supported by 63 percent of voters Tuesday, appears dead for now because key politicians oppose a related sales tax increase.
Both Republican Gov.-elect Terry Branstad and Rep. Kraig Paulsen, in line to be House speaker, told The Des Moines ...

With three-fourths of the precincts reporting, two-thirds of Iowans have approved a constitutional amendment to set up a protected account for conservation and outdoor recreation projects.
The Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund would receive $150 million a year from a future sale tax increase, if lawmakers ...

With two-thirds of the precincts reporting, two-thirds of Iowans had approved a constitutional amendment to set up a protected account for conservation and outdoor recreation projects.
The Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund would receive $150 million a year from a future sale tax increase, if lawmakers approve one.
Leaders from ...

Columbia Journalism Review reports here that energy and environmental issues, all the rage in the last presidential election, have been missing from many mid-term debates. That despite mine fires, the Gulf oil spill, and continued climate change warnings.

Iowa isn’t the only place where farm groups have questioned some tightening of rules on water quality. Here is a release from a group of farm groups opposed to EPA plans for Chesapeake Bay.
AGRICULTURAL GROUPS ASK EPA TO WITHDRAW
PROPOSED CHESAPEAKE BAY WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS
Washington, D.C. ...

Iowa Department of Natural Resources director Richard Leopold is resigning to take a job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Fort Snelling, Minn.
Leopold will become the Midwest assistant regional director for science applications, tentatively beginning Sept. 12. He had been DNR director since January 2007.
“We have been conducting ...